VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 19

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 19

19 .         Suspending or cancelling registration

        (1)         Under section 58B of the Act, the Council may suspend or cancel a WA registered provider’s registration if it is satisfied as to any of these matters —

            (a)         the provider was registered as a result of false or misleading information given by the provider;

            (b)         the provider has requested or consents to the suspension or cancellation;

            (c)         the provider has ceased to exist;

            (d)         the provider does not comply with the registration standards or the AQF;

            (e)         the provider has contravened a condition to which its registration is subject;

            (f)         the provider is not a fit and proper person to be registered having regard to the matters in regulation 12(6);

            (g)         the provider has not paid any annual fee in accordance with regulation 15.

        (2)         Under section 58B of the Act, the Council may suspend or cancel a WA registered provider's registration for a reason specified by subregulation (1) even if —

            (a)         the Council is no longer satisfied that the provider satisfies the criteria for making an application for registration under regulation 10(1); or

            (b)         the provider has applied to another registering body to be registered as a training provider under a corresponding law or the Commonwealth Act.

        (3)         The suspension of a WA registered provider’s registration may relate to the whole or a part of the provider’s scope of registration, as the Council decides.

        (4)         To suspend a WA registered provider’s registration, the Council must give the provider a written order suspending the registration that includes —

            (a)         the reasons for the suspension; and

            (b)         any terms applicable to the suspension under regulation 20.

        (5A)         The reasons for the suspension referred to in subregulation (4)(a) must identify specific issues to be addressed by the applicant.

        (5)         If a WA registered provider’s registration is suspended, the provider does not cease to be a registered training provider.

        (6)         The Council must not cancel a WA registered provider’s registration unless it has consulted any registering body that has, or may have, registered the provider under a corresponding law or under the Commonwealth Act.

        (7)         A contravention of subregulation (6) does not affect the validity of any cancellation of the provider’s registration.

        (8)         If the Council cancels a WA registered provider’s registration, the Council must, if practicable, give the provider written notice of its decision and the reasons for it.

        [Regulation 19 amended: Gazette 25 Oct 2011 p. 4510; 17 Dec 2013 p. 6223; 15 Jul 2014 p. 2463; 10 Mar 2015 p. 831.]